I know, I know, its been way too long between posts…
I was off on a mission trip to Ukraine, and its taking a while to get caught back up with life…
While on my trip I experienced some strange & wonderful foods, and gained 5 pounds (no, its not just water weight)… here are pictures of some of the things we ate - I may be working on reproducing light versions of these at a later date…
We had simple meals & fancy meals… some were strange & unexpected, all were yummy!
Enjoy a look at the foods of Ukraine!! (Just don't gain any weight looking…)
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Salad plate, with Hard Boiled Eggs w/Caviar, Smoked Fish... |
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Noodle Soup with Meatballs (pork or chicken??) |
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Meat patties (chicken?) & a rice dish... |
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Dessert: Ice Cream on top of a rolled pastry, with Strawberries & Mint |
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Meat patties (pork? tuna? much debate here), fried fish served cold, one of many tasty Slaws we had while in Ukraine... |
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Meat & Potato stew... |
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Blintz filled with a Ricotta type cheese, sweetened & with Raisins, drizzled with honey, topped with thinly sliced cooked Apple. |
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This was like a chocolate coated cream puff filled with a fluffy Nutella type filling. |
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Ceremonial Bread, a sweet egg bread… very soft... |
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Fresh vegetable & slaw salad plate. |
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Borsht |
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Salo… tasted much like garlic-butter, actually lard based. |
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Soft rolls with garlic sauce. |
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Sweet kraut-like dish with a stuffed meat thing… was yummy!! |
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This was a Dessert… not super sweet, eggy, with noodles, poppy seeds cherries, etc... |
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Two slaws… served at breakfast... |
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Won Ton-ish savory soup… served at breakfast... |
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Cucumbers & Tomatoes... |
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Nice Breads... |
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Crab & Vegetable & Egg salad for eating with the bread... |
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Almost an American breakfast, toast, eggs, meat... |
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Another Borsht... |
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Tomatoes with cheese & fresh herbs... |
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Breaded Chicken... |
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More bread, more Borsht, Cucumbers with fresh herbs... |
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Cake... |
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Bread with Meat, Tomato, fresh herbs.. |
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Meatballs & Potatoes... |
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Another Slaw... |
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Salad of cucumber, tomato, feta-like cheese, olives, etc... |
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Chicken topped with cheese & onion, rice with vegetables... |
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Fresh bread warmed on a grill... |
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Another Ceremonial Bread… this one was even sweeter & was served with Dessert. |
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Dessert: vanilla Ice Cream bar, fresh fruit, both with a little chocolate syrup... |
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Appetizer: creamy mushrooms in flaky pastry... |
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Chicken stuffed with vegetables with a creamy sauce (asparagus?)… roasted vegetables & potatoes... |
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Chocolate / Cherry torte... |